Red Seas Fire Studio Update!

[unescapablex]

BTW, TOONTRACK features a small clip from "Cipher" at 4:53 from you guys on their new MetalMachine here at about 5:53 ;) Check out the Making of Metal Machine EZX.

[RingoFreakingStarr]

You know, this is amazing music here. I am currently writing and recording at the moment and hearing this really made my day. What I would do for an axe-fx instead of pod farm. Any tips on how to make a muddyish bridge pickup roar like a lion?

[paddeification]

When the camera stops at 0:24.. Is that In Birmingham? I think i recognized that place :P (im from norway) btw sick drummer, sick band, love you guys!

[unescapablex]

If you ask me the demographic for real kit vs acoustic kit (drum) is changing drastically, and I totally dig the e-kit setup and sound. KILLER. Self produced band all the way. Keep it up you have a new fan.

[Veedubbin18]

is it true that you guys used the evh 5150 iii on the album and if so how did you guys like it?

[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@Veedubbin18 Yes, absolutely all of the rhythm guitar tones on the record are the EVH 5150 III, we think it sounds absolutely phenomenal.

[supniggaaaaaa]

CREATIVE.

ARSE.

DRUMMER.

THAT IS ALL.

[tonykragness]

are you guys incorperating morse code in your breakdowns?

[metallicat511]

are ya'll using the axe fx direct or running it into that 2:90:2 and micing the diezel cab?

[jackfish1990]

1:45. Lol.



[doushimon]

Oh shit, groovy ass breakdown 2:40

[FRIESENZA]

I was wrong..so sorry

[davey2244]

1:52 hahah busted!!!! :D

[MrShitstacles]

y electric drums? -.-

[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@MrShitstacles Simply because while we don't have the finances to access to a decent enough space or equipment to record a real drum kit, we do have access to a whole host of great drum samples and software.

[MrShitstacles]

@OfficialRedSeasFire but wudnt electric drums be more expensive than acoustic bcus they are where im from?

[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@MrShitstacles Well the electronic kit is what Sam learnt to play drums on so already had it anyway, recording drums in even a semi-decent studio space would cost us more than we can afford.

[MrShitstacles]

@OfficialRedSeasFire i understand now :D Anyways keep up the amazing works guys your a pleasure to listen to :D

[Morgorroth]

@MrShitstacles Most modern drum sounds are 90-100% samples anyways so it's tighter and with less bleed. Only Cymbals and sometimes snare are to some degree "natural". So don't give em shit ;)

[MrShitstacles]

@Morgorroth nah man i dont mean to giv em shit its just i hav never seen a band play with electric drums and it took me by surprise... never once in my mind did i think that comment would get noticed... No offence or harm intended

[myudasdaksjd]

fuck, i love watching studio "updates".

[XxFuNkYPaNdAxX]

That eight string sounds massive. I really like your music, guys. Keep it up!

[theperfectcell6]

What are you guys using Massive for exactly?



[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@theperfectcell6 I couldn't really pin down an 'exact' use for it other than to say we use it for additional layers of synths and things like that, I mostly use it for more percussive sounds to help "push" any sections that naturally seem to lag and that lagging feeling is detrimental to the track.

[panicunderpressure]

Sounds fuckin cool!

[dsl100stack]

Please answer this: does the can have G12k-100 speakers in it?

[Customisbetter2]

Am I the one who decoded that morse code and found that it makes no sense?

[PeteygRaves]

@Customisbetter2 Then you did it wrong :P

[OpulenceOfKnowledge]

I wonder if you guys could guide me through the process you use to record drums with DFH 2.0? I would be extremely grateful.

[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@OpulenceOfKnowledge Yeah sure, it's really relatively simple. We hook up the drum brain from Sams electronic kit to the computer via a MIDI interface, and that pretty much automatically talks to Logic. It's simply a case of recording the MIDI signal from the drummers performance and attributing the MIDI notes to Superior Drummer.

[OpulenceOfKnowledge]

@OfficialRedSeasFire Does it matter what settings you use in DFH when you record?

[alextwdrums]

all the stuff sounds awesome! cant wait for a finished product guys!

[WesHauchable]

Gnar Gnar.

[shiftdrummer1991]

i also work with superior drummer and i was just wondering whatyou do to make that kick drum so intense? i've tried a lot of stuff but i still can't get that kick to sound as dense and have a great impact to it.

[chrissphinx]

you guys are fuckin' great, please don't get a singer just make that shit DENSE

[asgRYAN]

fixing all the drum tracks with MIDI? what a cop out

[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@asgRYAN As opposed to most pro studios fixing all the drum tracks using timing correction and replacing the recorded drums with samples?

[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@asgRYAN Let me expand on that because I don't think the snarky response I gave really clarifies anything.

Very little for the album is timing corrected. As you can hear in the particular clip you're referencing when Sam and Nolly are discussing the drum tracking, they are discussing the actual content of tracked takes, making the decisions to change the voicing of certain drum fills and patterns so as to better suit the song.

[omer442]

why did u use morse code translator?XD

[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@omer442 There is a section in one of the songs that, when I was adding layers I wanted something very syncopated and rhythmic which would counterpoint the guitars, I felt that a morse code sound would work, and didn't just want to have something which was meaningless, so translated something for it.

[ArtOfPhire]

@OfficialRedSeasFire That sounds like an awesome idea.

[TheMonsterSquirrel]

Love that you can't find vocals. Instrumental music is at least fourteen times cooler:D

[drmoshie]

oh god, editing with the trackpad? torture!

[Moozart]

What kind of tea is that?

[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@Moozart Just some good old standard English Tea

[diablowal]

Always tea with you pete! Every 15 minutes!

[ArtOfPhire]

2:32

Is that some Epinephrine? My favorite track that I've only heard snippets of.

[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@ArtOfPhire It is indeed!

[mpeskett]

I put the milk in before taking out the teabag. That's all I've got to say.

[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@mpeskett Then you're doing it very, VERY wrong :p

[ArtOfPhire]

Yay! Finally:)

[newyearsprayer]

release. the album

[ZaphodBeeblebrox65]

Kitty! Seriously psyched for the record guys, it's sounding awesome already.

[bobmonk]

TEA!!! cant wait for the final record. The production sounds really good keep it up !

[Niallphillips]

Its sounding fucking epic boys, cant wait to hear this! please video record as much of the tracking as you can

[OfficialRedSeasFire]

@Niallphillips Hey Niall, unfortunately almost all of the tracking has been and gone without us taking the initiative to record very much of it. That being said we'll be sure to be cooking up a few surprises in the coming months.